A String in the Harp Paperback - 2006
by Nancy Bond
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- Paperback
In an ideal blend of absorbing fantasy and realistic fiction, A String in the Harp tells the story of 12-year-old Pete Morgan who, on a visit to Wales, finds a harp key that shows him scenes from the life of the ancient bard Taliesin. Set in both present-day and ancient Wales, this Newbery Honor title has become a contemporary classic.
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Details
- Title A String in the Harp
- Author Nancy Bond
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Date 2006
- Features Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G1416927719I5N00
- ISBN 9781416927716 / 1416927719
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.16 x 1.02 in (19.30 x 13.11 x 2.59 cm)
- Ages 10 to 14 years
- Grade levels 5 - 9
- Reading level 810
- Library of Congress subjects Time travel, Wales
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 75028181
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
A family in mourning...an ancient bard...a harp key that brings them together...
When fifteen-year-old Jen Morgan flies to Wales to spend Christmas with her family, she's not expecting much from the holiday. A year after her mother's sudden death, her father seems preoccupied by the teaching job that has brought him and Jen's younger siblings to Wales for the year. Her brother, Peter, is alternately hostile and sullen,and her sister, Becky, misses Jen terribly.
Then Peter tells Jen he's found a strange artifact, a harp key that shows him pictures from the life of Taliesin, the great bard whose life in sixth-century Wales has been immortalized in legend. At first Jen doesn't believe him, but when the key's existence -- and its strange properties -- become known to the wider world, the Morgans must act together against a threat to the key...and to their family.
When fifteen-year-old Jen Morgan flies to Wales to spend Christmas with her family, she's not expecting much from the holiday. A year after her mother's sudden death, her father seems preoccupied by the teaching job that has brought him and Jen's younger siblings to Wales for the year. Her brother, Peter, is alternately hostile and sullen,and her sister, Becky, misses Jen terribly.
Then Peter tells Jen he's found a strange artifact, a harp key that shows him pictures from the life of Taliesin, the great bard whose life in sixth-century Wales has been immortalized in legend. At first Jen doesn't believe him, but when the key's existence -- and its strange properties -- become known to the wider world, the Morgans must act together against a threat to the key...and to their family.
First line
AN HOUR AND A QUARTER from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth on the train.
